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11/01/2009 - Spectrum Packaging Has Customer Service in the Bag
In an extremely competitive market determined primarily by price, Spectrum Packaging has carved a niche for themselves with their superior customer service. |
11/01/2009 - Knowing Your Market Share Will Set You Free
Do you know your market share? It isn't hard to figure out. |
10/01/2009 - Unique Selection at Red Barn Ranch
There really is a red barn at Red Barn Ranch Wholesale. It was built in 1910 on what was then a walnut farm, and it is now the warehouse for their inventory of beautiful and diverse products. |
10/01/2009 - Dress for Less - the New Normal
"Clothes make the man," goes the old saying, to which Mark Twain once waggishly added, "Naked people have little or no influence on society." |
09/01/2009 - Toys & Novelties Extravaganza
Toys and novelties are in high demand this holiday season, as long as they represent good value for DOLLARs spent on fun. |
09/01/2009 - DOLLAR STORES Thrive
At a time when many retailers are watching sales drop and closing STORES or cutting back on expansion plans, the nation's largest DOLLAR STORE chains are reporting sales gains. |
08/01/2009 - Top Seller at $5 STORE
THE $5 STORE supplies a line of CZ cocktail rings that management reports is the best selling line it has carried in 15 years. |
08/01/2009 - Retail Crime Jumps
Organized retail crime activity rose eight percent in the past year, according to the National Retail Federation's fifth annual Organized Retail Crime Survey. |
08/01/2009 - Natural Pet Products
The pet industry is a multi billion DOLLAR a year industry and you don't have to have a pet STORE to take advantage of selling to these pet owners. |
08/01/2009 - Housewares and Gifts Fall Forecast
Events conspire to help keep the housewares market strong, while gift giving remains an important part of family and social life. |
08/01/2009 - DOLLAR STORE Items From JKE
JKE ENTERPRISES carries more than 10,000 different items encompassing 31 product categories. |
06/01/2009 - Wholesalers Expand Online Offerings
Internet wholesale suppliers large and small are enhancing their online marketing and sales strategies to help their retailer customers get more bang for the buck. |
06/01/2009 - Simple Products: Simply Success
Six years ago, Simple Products exchanged complex product lines for a simpler philosophy. |
06/01/2009 - Grab and Go Green
In these uncertain times, when retailers are not always sure what the latest trend or fad is for consumers to get excited about, one thing is certain; people need to eat and they love to snack. |
04/01/2009 - NRF Defends Same As Cash
The National Retail Federation has asked Congress to overturn recent Federal Reserve regulations that would effectively ban popular "same as cash" offers. |
04/01/2009 - New Show at Meadowlands
American Variety Merchandise Expo, a new, all wholesale general and variety merchandise trade show, debuts May 31 through June 2 at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ. |
04/01/2009 - Innovative Products at Silver Streak
Mike Mallon, CEO of Silver Streak Ind., knows how to help his customers move product. |
04/01/2009 - Future Retail Formats
Not surprisingly, the economic downturn will be a big influence on which retail STORE formats will prosper and which will fade over the next few years. |
03/01/2009 - Web Sales Rising
Despite the recession, online retail sales will likely keep climbing in 2009. |
03/01/2009 - Web Club Touts Deals
DealBundle.com, a worldwide online social shopping club, has been established by YippeeO LLC. |
03/01/2009 - Small Sizes Equal Big Profits
The definition of Minimus is: a) a company that has increased in size very quickly and efficiently, b) an item of the smallest size, c) a large selection of individually sized items, d) all of the above. |
03/01/2009 - Brand Names From Continental
For the past 20 years, Continental Wholesale LLC has been obtaining products from some of the nation's largest retailers. |
02/01/2009 - Asias Got the Goods
"Made in China" is a tag that most American consumers are familiar with. Asia has long been a great source of merchandise, ranging from toys to electronics to jewelry, apparel and accessories. |
12/01/2008 - Marketing Closeouts, What Makes a Good Closeout?
"When written in Chinese, the word, 'crisis,' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy |
12/01/2008 - Great Gifts from JKE
JKE ENTERPRISES LLC offers two different bath and body gift sets through its higher end, egwholesalers.com division. |
12/01/2008 - Good Web Shopping
If a shopper has a bad experience on a retail website, the online merchant may never see that shopper again, just as a STORE would not regain a disappointed shopper. |
11/01/2008 - Shipping Promotions That Drive Sales
With the holidays quickly approaching, there is no better time to take a close look at the shipping offers you provide your customers. |
11/01/2008 - Retailers See Strength Online
Online retailers reported profitability last year and believe online shopping will be more resilient than other channels in the months ahead, according to a newly released study by Forrester Research for Shop.org. |
11/01/2008 - MBK Guarantees Sales
Money back guarantees are a rarity in the closeout wholesale liquidation business. |
11/01/2008 - Consumers Love Coupons
As Americans attempt to stretch their disposable DOLLARs, we are becoming a nation of coupon clippers. |
11/01/2008 - Challenging Holiday Season
Forecasters see gains in retail sales over the holidays, but the gains are expected to be less than in years past. |
11/01/2008 - 99¢ Only STORES Raise Prices
For the first time since its inception 26 years ago, 99¢ Only STORES is raising its top price to 99.99 cents, an increase of just under a penny. This keeps the chain of 277 STORES in four states within the DOLLAR STORE realm. |
10/01/2008 - Using Live Chat to Boost Sales
It has been reported for some time now that adding an attended Live Chat strategy to a website can help increase sales. |
10/01/2008 - Safe, Cheap Batteries
EVERGREEN (C.P.) USA, INC. now offers the Player brand of extra heavy duty "green" batteries. |
10/01/2008 - Kole Boosts Closeouts
Kole Imports, a large and long time wholesale supplier of a comprehensive array of general merchandise at significantly low prices. |
09/01/2008 - Luxury Retail Update
In defiance of the lyrics of an old song that says, "The rich get rich and the poor get poorer," luxury retailers and their landlords report that the rich are stepping back from shopping at luxury STORES right now. |
09/01/2008 - Liss Eliminates The Middleman
Twenty five years ago, Robert Liss recognized overseas manufacturers' need to obtain distribution in the U.S. and buyers' need to gain their products at affordable prices. |
09/01/2008 - Gifts & Housewares Spell Holiday Sales
New product introductions provide impulse attention to gift and housewares categories. It is carefully selected price points, however, that make it easy for consumers to buy on impulse with accessible cash. |
09/01/2008 - Back to School Trends
One fifth of parents nationwide have set aside a portion of their stimulus check for back to school purchases |
08/01/2008 - Easy DVD Profits
Those who equate low priced DVDs with poor quality have never purchased from SuperDVDMart.com, a company which manufactures about 100,000 DVDs on-site every day using professional, digitized, high-definition printing. |
07/01/2008 - Windfall Of Success For Iron Stop
The process today of manufacturing wind spinners is not much different than it was when Ron Spinks, President of Iron Stop, came up with the idea and began creating them in his garage. |
06/01/2008 - Innovative Signs
SignsSeen.com, owned and operated by Andy Greenbaum, is an Internet business that sells signs. It carries close to 3,000 products, and is a comprehensive source of information about the wide variety he carries. |
05/01/2008 - The Joy of Accessories
In 1973, Debbie Tierney was selling jewelry and accessories to her hairdresser for extra money, while her husband was at work. She envisioned growth, but nothing more than simply selling to a few more hairdressers and some local shops. |
05/01/2008 - Identity Marketing
Retailers employ different marketing strategies these days. As competition for consumers' disposable DOLLARs intensifies, retailers take very different routes to improving and maintaining their market share. |
04/01/2008 - Salco Launches Ezwholesaler.com
Expansion of product categories and rapid growth has prompted Salco Distributors to launch the ezwholesaler.com website. |
04/01/2008 - Exist or Not Exist: Securing the Buyer's Attention
In last month's column, I wrote about building sales momentum through relevance and consistency. |
04/01/2008 - DOLLAR STORES Thrive In Tough Times
Discussions of whether, technically, the nation is or is not in recession, and how long and how deep it might be, are irrelevant, suggests Jeff Green. |
03/01/2008 - Niches Boost Apparel Sales
The retail apparel sector can benefit significantly by expansion into niche clothing markets. A wide range of suppliers specializing in niches have gained strength nationwide, and also in geographic areas with differing demographics. |
03/01/2008 - Customer Is King At Amglo
Amglo Inc., located on the web at www.amgloinc.net, is a direct importer and wholesaler of an all encompassing selection of seasonal merchandise. |
12/01/2007 - Sweet Smell Of Scent Success
Fragrances and scented products have a way of selling themselves, and there are scores of merchandise resellers cashing in on that very idea. |
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